A couple of weeks ago I bottled a peach chardonnay from Orchard Breezin. I did the tricks I've seen here: added sugar and half the F pack up front. Finished it out, added the remaining f pack, racking, etc. Bottled it and it is delicious with a strong peach taste and smell.
So I did the same thing with my MMApricot Riesling.added sugar to SG of 1.083, and half the F pack. A few days ago I finished it all up, added remaining F pack and bottled it. Complete different result. I can barely taste or smell any apricot. It is okay for so young, but no apricot taste. The only thing I can think of is that it's kind of guesswork when you're pouring in half the F pack and maybe I didm't save enough. It's sweet enough for me, but maybe sweeter would bring out the fruit. I'm disappointed after the excellent results with the OB.
Any suggestions? I don't mind tossing a few corks and rebottling, maybe adding some apricot flavor. Or maybetime will bring it out. But I'm not confident in that.
So I did the same thing with my MMApricot Riesling.added sugar to SG of 1.083, and half the F pack. A few days ago I finished it all up, added remaining F pack and bottled it. Complete different result. I can barely taste or smell any apricot. It is okay for so young, but no apricot taste. The only thing I can think of is that it's kind of guesswork when you're pouring in half the F pack and maybe I didm't save enough. It's sweet enough for me, but maybe sweeter would bring out the fruit. I'm disappointed after the excellent results with the OB.
Any suggestions? I don't mind tossing a few corks and rebottling, maybe adding some apricot flavor. Or maybetime will bring it out. But I'm not confident in that.